Day 1-Travel Day: Only 1 glitch

What an amazing day:
-Husband wakes me up at 4am so he can go to work
-Jo picks me up at 9:30am and takes me to airport
-Check in, check baggage, go through security & nobody frisked me!
-Flew to Houston, plane was 20 minutes late and I had to get to another terminal across the airport but God blessed with a cart ride through the corridors of the airport at high speed, people dodging & hair blowing in the wind... no I wasn't driving. I got off the cart and the plane was loading. 5 minutes later I was in my seat!
-Flew to Fort Lauderdale: I flew Continental & the team flew American. I retrieved my baggage. Oh, you see my little ducks in a row... 2-50# bags, one carry on and back pack that probably out weighs the 50# bag. I drug my little ducks in a row to a shuttle, went from terminal 1 to terminal 3 (God, thank you for shuttles) and entered American Airlines. HERE'S THE GLITCH OF THE DAY. The airport is closed. I can't get to my team because they are on the inside of security all together having a party... might I say, without me! I'm outside looking in to an empty ticketing area that re-opens at 4am. It's 10:30pm. OK, Lord, you have a problem. A 59 year old lady with no one but little ducks in a row (you know I mean baggage, maybe I should say luggage because those that know me well will agree I always carry baggage with me, which the Lord is delivering me from daily!) and NO WHERE to go until 4am. I called our team leader, Nicky, and she reported that they were staying inside security. OK then. I'm so thankful that God has made me confident and tough! I did not panic. I began to look for employees of which there were NONE! I called American Airlines (800-number) and they told me to go get a hotel. Just about that time Nicky called me back and said the inside of the airport was closing and they were getting kicked out. So, THEY CAME TO ME! We are all together now eating CARMEL CORN! Honorable mention to Jo who came to my house to teach me to make the Carmel Corn so I could have it on my trip. Love it!!!

How's that for Day 1. All's well that ends well. Now we sit on hard benches for 4 hours and start all over again at the ticket counter... on to Haiti. The plane leaves at 6:10am. Joy comes in the morning! Continue to pray for our travel. Already a couple members of the team are sick with colds and flu like symptoms.

Carmel Corn at Ft. Lauderdale

God bless!